Alberta:wild Roses Northern Lights (2006)

Product Summary Label: Ryko Distribution UPC: 00093074053829 Release Date: 6/27/2006 Buy.com Sku: 202712430 Item#: M2YEPT Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. No Roads Here - The Corb Lund Band ~ Various Artists 2. Church Of The Long Grass - John Wort Hannam ~ Various Artists 3. Land Of The Shining Mountains - Ian Tyson ~ Various Artists 4. Big Boned Gal - K.D. Lang ~ Various Artists 5. Oti Nikan - Asani ~ Various Artists 6. Wild Alberta Rose - Calvin Vollrath ~ Various Artists 7. Harvest Dance, The - Tom Wilson ~ Various Artists 8. Alberta Crude - Tim Hus ~ Various Artists 9. I Turn Into A Cowboy - Tim Tamashiro ~ Various Artists 10. Sweet Rose - The Swiftys ~ Various Artists 11. Half-Breed - Laura Vinson & Free Spirit ~ Various Artists 12. Polka From L'viv - Kubasonics ~ Various Artists 13. Allez Quest - Le Twes ~ Various Artists 14. Long Dusty Road - Terry Morrison ~ Various Artists 15. High Rider (The John Ware Story) - Diamond Joe White ~ Various Artists 16. Do You Know Slim Evans? - Maria Dunn ~ Various Artists 17. Wind In The Wire - David Wilkie & Cowboy Celtic ~ Various Artists 18. Medley - The McDades ~ Various Artists 19. Four Strong Winds - Ian Tyson ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Smithsonian Folkways Alberta: Wild Roses, Northern Lights collects 19 tracks from one of Canada's most mountainous provinces. These are not scratchy recordings of trappers and Cree horseman captured over a campfire in the early 1900s, rather the songs on Alberta have feet firmly planted in the present. Recognizable Alberta natives like k.d. lang, whose "Big-Boned Girl" from 2006's Reintarnation gets the remix treatment, and Ian Tyson are sequenced alongside newcomers like the Swiftys and the Corb Lund Band. Highlights include the sweeping Celtic folk of the McDades' "Jonny's Flush/The Boiling Hen," the northern bluegrass of Maria Dunn's "Do You Know Slim Evans?," the Kubasonics boot-stomping Ukrainian throwdown "Polka from l'Viv," and the snowy country sounds of Tim Hus ("Alberta Crude") and the aforementioned Swiftys ("Sweet Rose"). ~ James Christopher Monger Producer: Al Chapman (Compilation); Nancy Groce (Compilation)   Technical Info Release Date : 06/27/2006 Original Release Date : 2006 Catalog ID : 40538 Label : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00093074053829   Professional Reviews Dirty Linen (p.63) - "[The album] takes a more focused look at this prairie province, showing it to be a hotbed of country, folk, and innovation."